Gaussian Mixture Models∗ Douglas Reynolds MIT Lincoln Laboratory‚ 244 Wood St.‚ Lexington‚ MA 02140‚ USA dar@ll.mit.edu Synonyms GMM; Mixture model; Gaussian mixture density Definition A Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) is a parametric probability density function represented as a weighted sum of Gaussian component densities. GMMs are commonly used as a parametric model of the probability distribution of continuous measurements or features in a biometric system‚ such as vocal-tract related
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| Distillation is defined as: `Distillation is based on the fact that the vapor of a boiling mixture will be richer in the components that have lower boiling points.Therefore‚ when this vapor is cooled and condensed‚ the condensate will contain more volatile components. At the same time‚ the original mixture will contain more of the less volatile material. Distillation columns are designed to achieve this separation efficiently.Although many people have a fair idea what “distillation” means‚ the
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similar percussive sounds‚ rapping‚ and distinctive (fairly simplistic) bass lines. Many of the sounds used in hip hop music are harsher and more electronic. In 1979 hip hop music was recorded and played on public radio for the first time. In the 1980s hip hop was diversified as its own genre of music and more people began to create and listen to it. Young people loved this new genre of music. It was exciting‚ emotional‚ and usually pretty honest. The problem with hip hop then was that people hadn’t
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Table of Contents Crude oil......................................................................................................................................1 Ancient Civilisation ...................................................................................................................1 Politics of Black Gold.................................................................................................................1 Physical attributes of crude ...........................
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During the 1980’s feminism fell out of favour with women. The fanaticism second wave feminists exhibited to carry out their plan to win equality and freedom for women made it infamous among its progeny. Feminist theorists like Betty Friedan‚ Kate Millet and Elaine Showalter promulgated “activism” as female ethic. Friedan in Female Mystique(1963) argued that white middle-class women suffers from ‘the problem that has no name’— which is responsible for wide spread unhappiness among women. Friedan states
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Comparative Nutritional Quality of Palmstearin Liquid Oil Blends and Hydrogenated Fat (vanaspati) S. Ray and D.K. Bhattacharyya* Department of Chemical Technology‚ University Colleges of Science and Technology‚ Calcutta University‚ Calcutta - 700 009‚ India ABSTRACT: An attempt was made to use high-melting lowdigestible fat palmstearin as a vanaspati substitute by blending it with polyunsaturated fatty acid-rich liquid oils. This blending produced fat products of zero-trans fatty acid content
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Home 中文 English Français Русский Español United Nations Convention on Contracts About UNCITRAL for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna‚ 1980) (CISG) Commission Documents Working Group Documents Colloquia Materials General Assembly Resolutions & Related Documents Text - Explanatory note Status UNCITRAL Texts & Status Date of adoption: 11 April 1980 International Commercial Arbitration & Conciliation Purpose International Sale of Goods (CISG) Security Interests Insolvency The purpose of
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Deals with knowledge are experienced informations. It is a matter of active doing that involves the use of the body and the handling of material. The theory states that students must not only be told to study but they must be taught how to study effectively and be given drills to apply the knowledge that they have learned in actual setting. Therefore they can gain knowledge more efficiently. Learning by doing is the way most folks ultimately learn anything and everything. If knowledge is power‚ then
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Report on Merger Between Royal Biscuit Company & Edeling GmbH: Problems‚ Decisions‚ Recommendations Prepared by: Wasser Consultants Introduction Wasser Consultants has received from Sir John Callaghan the report containing the difficulties facing the merger of Royal Biscuit Company and Edeling GmbH‚ seeking advice to resolve the issues impeding the progress. The company has forwarded the case to me given the experience I had working with the Royal Biscuit management on numerous consulting
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Project #15: Make Homemade Glue from Milk With milk‚ white vinegar and baking soda‚ you can make your own glue right at home. Make it an investigatory project by changing up the recipe and testing which results in the strongest glue. You could also try varying the ingredients to make it dry faster‚ or work on different materials (wood vs. plastic vs. paper). Image via wonderhowto.com A.) --WATER FLOW IN PLANT: Can water travel through plant stems? MATERIALS: graduated one
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